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.A UNITED STA-'TES 'PATENT Uniden.,`

l GEORGE E. ,BEIEKEEHOEE OE NEW YORK, N. Y.

CIGAR-SHIELD.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 100,850; dated March 15, 1870.l

To all whom it may concern:

`Beit known that I, VGEORGE E. BRINKER- HOFF, of the city, county,and State of New York, have invented a new Cigar-Shield; and

\ I do hereby declare that the followingdescrip tion, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings,hereinafter,referred to, forms a y full and exact specification of the same, wheree in I have set forth the nature and principles of `my said improvement, by which my invention may be distinguished from all others of a similar class,`together with such parts as I claim and desire to `have secured to me by Letters Patent.

This invention consists. in the peculiar constructionof `a shield to be tted to the small end of a ciganfor protecting the same from injury and preventing small particles of the leaf from entering the mouth. Theshield is made of pure sheet-rubber cut` in such manner that,.wh.enf` the edges are united, a tube open at both ends, inthe form of a truncated cone, is produced, the ends of which are folded y back and cemented to form raised ridges, whereby the shield is strengthened and -,prevented fromslipping 'when held in the mouth.

In the accompanying sheet of drawings, Figure l represents a side View ofthe shield attached to the end of a cigar `as it would appear .when in use, and Figs. 2 and 3 represent detailed sections of the cigar-shield before being completedfr i Y Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the several drawings.

rIo enable others skilled in the art-to make `use and .my invention', Iwill proceed to describe it.

` A represents the shield, composed of thin sheet gum rubber. vThis shield is'made of two conical pieces of rubber, a a, cemented together at their edges b b, and of such size as may be desirable. I The edges ofthe shield. cc, are folded over and cemented, thus making a double thickness of rubber at thevbase and top of the cone or shield, and thereby strength-y Y ening it at those points. l,

'Io use the shield it is only necessary to cut` off a small portion of the end of the cigar, and insert the end ofthe cigar thus cut into the e larger end of the shield, slightly stretching it in the operation, when the rubber by its elasticity will cling tothe cigar and remain in position.

' Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, isf l As a new article of manufacture, a cigarshield made of purer sheet-rubber united together at the edge or edges b b, and having the fre-enforced portions c @,whereby theshield is strengthened and prevented from slipping teeth, as hereiny from between the lips and shown and described.

' GEORGE E. BEIEKEEHOEE. l

.` Witnesses H. L. WATTENEERG, G. M. PLYMPTON. 

